Laureldale, PA 19603 Frost Dates
Laureldale, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Laureldale, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Laureldale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Laureldale against the rest of the dataset
About 197 days separate Laureldale's last and first frost, putting it 18,673 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 361 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 19603's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Laureldale's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Laureldale can differ from the 19603 normal.